VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2021

Battle endless waves of walkers to earn points and unlock additional weaponry. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners had one hell of a year. According to developer Skydance Interactive , the VR survival horror experience has generated over $29 million since its launch roughly a year ago on SteamVR and the Oculus Rift/Rift S. The RPG shooter was even nominated for several prestigious industry awards, including “Best VR/AR Game” at the 2020 Game Awards.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

In a candid interview with New Zealand’s 1 News, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell sat down to talk all about his future vision for brain-computer interfaces (BCI), and how the technology is set to change everything about how we live (and play) today. From the outside, it seems like Valve is taking baby steps, however Newell says research is going much faster than anticipated.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Enterprise AR glasses manufacturer ThirdEye recently announced major updates to their offerings, including expanded device management software and improved remote assistance platforms for enterprise and healthcare. ARPost learned more about the announcements in a recent remote interview with ThirdEye CEO and founder Nick Cherukuri. ThirdEye’s Ambitious Track Record.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Evidence that a new VR game published by Bethesda Softworks, the studio behind The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series, has appeared in an online listing by the Australian government’s media classification board. According to the listing , the game is codenamed ‘Project 2021A’, and will be developed by Bethesda subsidiary studio id Software.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 25, 2021

W elcome back to Spatial Beats. A relatively slow news week generally follows CES, even virtual CES. But the stories this week bring up three of our favorite topics. How many XR headsets is Apple working on, and when can we get our hands one them? What is up with location-based VR? Between the $299 Oculus Quest, the death of the movie theater, and the COVID stigma on shared headsets, you’d think we wouldn’t be hearing much about this right now.

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Slashgear

JANUARY 25, 2021

Game developers are always looking for ways to make games more immersive, and one area Valve owner and co-founder Gabe Newell is pushing them to consider is brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Valve has apparently been researching BCIs for a number of years now, and though we aren’t likely to see the company release a commercial BCI of its own at any … Continue reading.

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ARVR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Virtual Reality Future?—?Predictions, Trends, and Upcoming Developments Most experts agree that VR technology will continue its growth well into this decade, with the only disagreement being exactly how much it will grow. Some predict that the VR market will reach $87.97 billion by 2025, while others are more conservative, expecting the value to be at no more than $22.5 billion.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

We talk about ice a lot here on Earther—or more specifically, the growing absence of it. A new study puts what’s happening to the planet in striking perspective. While I can tell you the results show 1.2 trillion tons of ice disappeared every year since 1994, it’s a lot easier to grasp as a visual. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 25, 2021

Having your smartphone hacked can feel like someone robbed your house. We've put together a checklist of precautions that will help you avoid this fate.

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With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

On Monday, Google released a few more details on its proposed tracking alternative to third-party cookies, a “privacy-first” technology that, from any angle, seems like just another way for the company to maintain its stranglehold on digital ad sales. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 25, 2021

Tesla has just posted mesmerizing footage shot at its California factory showing robots stamping metal sheets into parts for its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

A unique planetary system located 200 light-years from Earth hosts five exoplanets with orbits locked together in a repeating pattern, despite their very different sizes and densities. The discovery is challenging astronomers’ notions of the kinds of planetary systems that can exist and how they form. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 25, 2021

The Texas-based company working to revive the DeLorean DMC-12 is considering an electric powertrain for its new version of the iconic gull-winged sports car.

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Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

The phone numbers (and corresponding site IDs) of some 500 million Facebook users now appear to be for sale on a dark web cybercrime forum. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 25, 2021

The new PlayStation 5 demo for Resident Evil Village showcases one of the console's best new features at work.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Earlier this month, a kind of chirping, rainforest-y sound sprung up in my apartment. It came from my roommate’s room. At first, I took it for a video game, but then realized the sound materialized even when my roommate was asleep. For days, I wondered about this. At any point I could’ve asked him what the deal was,… Read more.

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Anand Tech

JANUARY 25, 2021

AMD's AM4 socket has been consistent throughout the entirety of its Ryzen processor's lifespan, and the latest Zen 3 processors are best suited for the X570 range of motherboards. Today it's time to see what the mid-range ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming has to offer. Some of its main features include Intel 2.5 GbE and Wi-Fi 6, with dual PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2, with plenty of USB 3.2 G2 connectivity.

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Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

With millions of students now attending school from home, affordable laptop alternatives like the Chromebook are more popular than ever. The cheaper price point does come with some trade-offs including limited support for some software and hardware, but artists on a budget can now use a Wacom tablet with their… Read more.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 25, 2021

I don't do drop tests. But sometimes I accidentally drop phones — and sadly, my Galaxy S21 had a meeting with concrete this weekend.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

An unusual mortality event of gray whales off the coast of Mexico is disturbingly persistent, according to a study published this week in the Marine Ecology Progress Series. The die-off began in 2019, and the gray whale death count is currently at 384, though the actual number may be higher. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 25, 2021

Tesla lowered the price of an upgrade for the 17-inch touchscreen in older Model S and Model X electric cars, as federal regulators seek a screen recall.

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Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Scientists found a 34-year-old grizzly bear in southwest Wyoming, identifying him by a mark on his lip made by biologists in 1989. That’s the oldest grizzly ever known in the Yellowstone region that includes parts of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Respect your elders. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 25, 2021

Everyone has their favorites, but some Super Bowl commercials stand the test of time better than others. Here are 18 Super Bowl ads that we consider top-tier.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Smartwatches have added incredibly sophisticated health features in recent years, with the ability to take electrocardiograms to diagnose atrial fibrillation and monitor your blood oxygen levels. But if rumors are to be believed, the next iteration of Samsung’s Galaxy Watch and the Apple Watch Series 7 could attempt… Read more.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 25, 2021

Here are the best mods currently available to overhaul Cyberpunk 2077. From visual enhancements to third-person mode, modders have everything you need and more.

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Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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